Vegetable sieve and strainer



(No Model.)

M. E. SNYDER.

VEGETABLE SIEVE AND STRAINER.

No. 581,628. Patented Apr. 27. 1897.

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MINNIE EDNA SNYDER, OF BRAZIL, INDIANA.

VEGETABLE SIEVE AND STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,628, dated April27, 1897. Application filed October 29, 1896. $eria1No. 610,447. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that I, MINNI EDNA SNYDER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brazil, in the county of Clay and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit and VegetableSieves and Strainers; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a central verticalsection through invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of dasher. Fig.3 is a detail sectional view of sieve. Fig. 4 is a similar view ofstrainer. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing spring for dasher restingupon cover.

This invention is designed to provide a sieve and strainer of improvedcharacter for household purposes for use in making jellies, jams,catsup, marmalades, fruit butters, &c.; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a can orreceptacle of any desirable size having a removable cover B and usuallya handle 0 for greater con venience in lifting, &c. This can orreceptacle is open at the bot-tom and is supported upon legs D, whichare flared outwardly away from the can to admit thereunder a suitablevessel or crock to receive the contents of the can discharged throughthe sieve or strainer.

E designates the strainer, which consists of an upper metallic ring 6,to which is secured a cup portion, of wire-cloth. The ring 6 is made tofit snugly, but removably, within the can or receptacle A, and for thispurpose its upper edge portion is flanged or flared outwardly, asindicated at e, to give it a snug frictional bearing upon the wall ofthe can.

F indicates the dasher, which maybe of any suitable character, such asthe pair of wire loops shown in the drawings, said loops intersectingeach other at right angles. The rod or spindle F, to which the dasher isattached, extends loosely up through a central aperture in the cover,and to give said rod a proper bearing the cover is formed with anelongated sleeve or boss G, which extends down within the can orreceptacle and also above the top of the same. Fitted to or formedintegral with the upper end portion of said rod is a crank II.Interposed between the said crank and the flanged upper end of the saidboss and coiled around the rod is a spring J. If desired, however, theupper extension of the boss may be omitted and the spring be seated atits lower end upon the cover.

K designates a strainer which when necessary is to be used in the placeof a sieve above described and which consists of two rings, one fittingclosely within the other, and a piece of cloth, whose edge portion isclamped between the said rings. These rings are made to fit within thecan or receptacle A in the same manner as the ring of the sieve, and theouter ring has a flange or flare is, similar to the flange or flare c ofthe sieve-ring.

The upper end portions of the legs D are usually extended up within thelower portion of the can or receptacle and are secured therein, wherebythey act as stops to prevent the sieve or strainer from being pusheddown through the lower end of the can or vessel.

In using the sieve and strainer interchangeably it would require somecare and attention to properly adjust either each time to a fixeddasher. I have therefore provided the vertically-adjustable dasher,which will adjust itself to any position of the sieve or strainer. Thepurpose of the spring J is to normally hold the dasheraway from thesieve or strainer, so that the operator can vary the degree of pressureexerted thereon. The spring also renders the dasher self-adjusting todifferent positions of the sieve or strainer.

If desired, the sieve may be made fixed instead of removable, in whichcase the strainer would not be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the can or receptacle, supported uponlaterally-spread legs shaped to admit a vessel underneath said can orreceptacle, and with the interchangeable sieve and strainer adapted tofit snugly within said can or receptacle, of the dasher and dasher-rod,the latter having a loose bearing in the cover, and verticallyadjustable, and a coiled spring interposed between the cranked upper endof said rod and the said cover and arranged to exert alifting action onthe said rod substantially as specified.

2. The combination with the can or receptacle and with theinterchangeable sieve and strainer adapted to fit snugly but removablywithin said can or receptacle, of the dasher and the flasher-rod, thelatter having a loose bearing in the cover, and vertically adj ustable,and a coiled spring interposed between the cranked upper end of said rodand the said cover, and arranged to exert a lifting action on said rodsubstantially specified.

3. The combination with the can or receptacle having a removable cover,formed with an elongated hollow boss, extending both above and below thesame, and with a sieve in said receptacle, of the dasher, its rod havinga loose bearing in said boss and vertically movable therein, and aspring coiled around the said rod and interposed between its crankedupper end and the upper end of the said boss, said spring being arrangedto exert a lifting action on the said rod substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MINNIE EDNA SNYDER. lVitnesses:

MARION STONEBURNER, WM. U. ZELLER.

